3063 Makhaon
| Discovery | |
|---|---|
| Discovered by | L. G. Karachkina |
| Discovery site | Crimean Astrophysical Obs. |
| Discovery date | 4 August 1983 |
| Designations | |
| (3063) Makhaon | |
| Pronunciation | /məˈkeɪ.ɒn/ |
Named after | Machaon (Greek mythology) |
| 1983 PV · 1931 DT 1964 YL · 1971 OE 1971 QK1 · 1975 VT6 | |
| Jupiter trojan Greek · Makhaon | |
| Adjectives | Makhaonian |
| Orbital characteristics | |
| Epoch 27 April 2019 (JD 2458600.5) | |
| Uncertainty parameter 0 | |
| Observation arc | 87.67 yr (32,023 d) |
| Aphelion | 5.5153 AU |
| Perihelion | 4.9067 AU |
| 5.2110 AU | |
| Eccentricity | 0.0584 |
| 11.90 yr (4,345 d) | |
| 201.39° | |
| 0° 4m 58.44s / day | |
| Inclination | 12.162° |
| 287.87° | |
| 205.34° | |
| Jupiter MOID | 0.2659 AU |
| TJupiter | 2.9520 |
| Physical characteristics | |
| 111.65±1.54 km 114.34±2.77 km 116.14±4.4 km | |
| 8.64±0.01 h | |
| 0.0476±0.004 0.049±0.003 0.056±0.005 | |
| D (S3OS2) V–I = 0.830±0.022 B–R = 1.230±0.033 | |
| 8.4 8.5 8.60 | |
3063 Makhaon /məˈkeɪ.ɒn/ is a large Jupiter trojan from the Greek camp, approximately 114 kilometers (71 miles) in diameter. It was discovered on 4 August 1983, by Soviet astronomer Lyudmila Karachkina at the Crimean Astrophysical Observatory in Nauchnij, on the Crimean peninsula. The dark D-type asteroid is the principal body of the proposed Makhaon family and belongs to the 20 largest Jupiter trojans having a rotation period of 8.6 hours. It was named after the legendary healer Machaon from Greek mythology.